Check and check-book protector.



E. F. TALLEY.

vCHECK AND CHECK BOOK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I. I9I5.

1,159,617. PAIenIed Nov. 9,1915.

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EDWARD E. TAIIIJEY, OF WEBB CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIG'NOR OF ONE-HALF TOjRALPI-I S. KELLEY, OF WEBB CITY, MISSOURI.

CHECK AND CHECK-BOOK, PROTECTOR.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. TALLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Webb City, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check and Check-Book Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a check and check book protector, and has forl its object to provide a device of this character which is adapted to receive and protect a check book so that the same will not be soiled or mutilated as the result'of being carried in the pocket or roughly handled, and which also embodies novel features of construction whereby the check can be readily perforated or marked so as to render it impossible for any holder to surreptitiously raise the amount thereof.

Further objects of the vinvention are to provide a device of this character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily carried in the pocket, which can be made to fit any size of check book, and which provides a simple and dependable means for quickly marking the check in such a manner that the amount for which the check is Ina-de payable cannot be subsequently raised by some unscrupulous holder.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appendedfclaims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to behad to the following by dotted lines, and the check being re-Y moved ,from under the perforated plate.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. k3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

VFor a full understanding of the invention, reference is tobe had to the following description and accompanying drawing in which corresponding and like parts are 'indi'- cated by like reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodi-l ment of the invention, the numeral l designates the back of the check book holder and Patented Nov. 9, 1915. Y Application mea May 1, 1915. serial No. 25,205.

protector, said back being vsubstantially U shaped in cross section andbeing adapted to receive and lit snugly over the stub end of a check book. vCover plates l2 are hinged at 3 to the edges of the back l and are slightly larger than the covers of the check book to be received, said backY and cover plates being formed of any suitable material such as sheet metal or aluminum. Each lof the cover plates 2 is provided with a pocket for the reception of one of the covers of the check book, and these pockets may be conveniently formed by means of plates Liwhich are spaced from the inner faces of the cover plates 2 Y and carried thereby. The sides and outer ends of the plates 4 are shown as oifset at 4a and engaged by the returned edges 2a of the cover plates 2, although the e'Xact manner of connecting the plates is immaterial and any suitable construction may be employed. y'Ihe'pockets formed between the plates 2 and 4 open toward the back 1 and receive the covers of the check book so as to retain the check book in proper position within the protector. In Fig. 2 a check book A is indicated by dotted lines as in position within the holder or protector. lWhen the cover plates 2 are both swung back as far as they will go the check bookV A can be readily placed in position within the holder or'removed therefrom, although when the cover plates 2 are closed or only partially openedthe check book is retained securely in position.

The check perforat'or or marker' includes a slightly resilient plate 5 which is applied to the outer face of one ofthe cover plates 2 and secured at one of its edges toithe cover plate by suitable fastening means such as the f rivets 6. In the present instance the edge of the perforator plate 5 remote from the hinge joint 3 is secured to the cover plate f2 by the rivets A@,and the perforator plate is arranged upon the cover plate in such a manner as not to interfere with the swinging movement of the cover plate. The perforator plate 5 is stamped or cut in such a manner as to provide a series of longitudinally e25- tending spring tongues 7 which are preferably arranged in a number of groups, the tongues of each group being in transverse alinement with each other, While the corner spending tongues of the different groups are ,in longitudinal alincmcnt. The spring tongues 7 are v.each free on three vsides and attached to the plate :5 at the tonrtl'r Side so -that they can he readily flexedooutwardly a .Suicent amount to admit of .a check being placed thereunder. lt .will also be .ob-

served that the alternate tongues 7 ,in the f transverse ,rows @Xtend lingitudinallv in opposite directions, and .that an open space 8 is provided at `one Side of each of the spring tongues. Y The perforator plate 5 is also out t0 provide .compara-.tively long spring tongue 9 which has open space 10 at -one end thereof. Such .a construction admits of a ,compact arrangement ,of the spring tongues 7, .and at vthe same Atime enables the check to be Vquickly .and accurately positioned under the various spring tongues so as to perfora-tc the .desired number therein.

Eachof the spring tongues 7 is yprovided with rearwardly projecting prongs 11 1Which are arranged on the outline of va number or character. Theseprongs 11 may be conveniently formed b v punching the perforator plate 5, .as indicated upon the drawing, and the following numbers and characters are formed upon the different tongues: q l, (23), :(63777 7242,77 (53), 76517, (C7777 87.7.rk Q, and It will also be observed that the tongue 9 has the Words Not over outlined thereon by the prongs 11, and .that ,correspondingly arranged depressions l2 are provided von .the vcover plate 2 to receive the prongs 11 and ,cooperate therewith to perforate a piece `of paper such as acheck which may be inserted between the perforatorplate 5 and the cover plate 2.

After a check B has been properly made out in the usual manner it is .detached from the check book and inserted between the perforator plate 5 and the cover plate Y2, as in.- dicated by Fig. 1. 1t is first manipulatedto bring the upper left hand edge thereof un der the opening 10 at the end of 'the long tongue 9, thereby bringing the check in position to have the Words Not overl perforated therein. Care is exercised to get the check accurately in position so that it extends transversely across the cover plate, and the tongue 9 is then forcibly pressed inwardly side of the s prin@ tongue rovided for malr- 23 D ing the dollar mark. After the check has again been yaccurately positioned the spring tongue 7 is forced inwardly to perforate the marl: Vin check. This operation is repeated for the successive numbers necessary to indicate the highest amount for which y.the check should .be cashed by the bank, and one .or more ,of :the ,cross marks may then .be perforated in the check to prevent ythe possibility .of .additional gures being added to the number previously perforated. The cover plate f2 .serves as abacking or base plate for the perforator plate 5, and .after the check has .been made .out and detached from the ,check book, the highest amount in dollars for which it is payable canbe vquickly and easily mai-lied thereon by perforations so that Lthere .Will be no danger of the 4check being raised abe-tore presenta` tionat the banlr for payment.

Hai/'ing thus described .the invention, what 1 claim as new and desire `to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A checlr boolr protector, including a base plate, a resilient perforator plate carried by the base plate 'and superposed yover the saine to admit .ci a checlr being manipn lated between the base plate and lperfonatnr plate, said perforator plate being cut and having portions thereof removed to provide a series `of spaced and parallel bars .entending transversely across the saine ,and `provided ivith laterally projecting resilient tongues, ythe tongues being arranged in rows between the bars and having view openings between the same, and prongs projecting rearwardly from .the .different .tongues and arranged to outline various characters so that successively positioning the .check under the dierent tongues and forcibly pressing the ,tongues toward the `base plate the characters can be punched `into the paper, the view ,openingsl between the tongues admitting of the check beingaccurately positioned nnder ,each .of the tongues.

2. A check protector, including a 'base plate, a perforater plate carried by the base plate and superposed V.upon Ythe saine `so that a checlr .can vbev manipulated-between the base plate and -perforator plate, the perforator plate having' portions ythereof removed to provide a series of parallel andspaced transverse bars provided with laterally projecting resilienttongnes, the tongues of each bar projecting alternately from opposite sides thereof and being received vbetween vthe saine toward the base plate the characters tongues of adjacent bars so that the tongues can be punched into the paper. v 10 are arranged in transverse rows between the In testimony whereof I aix my signature parallel bars, and prongs projecting rearin presence of two witnesses.

wardly from the diiferent tongues and ar- EDWARD F. TALLEY. ranged to outline various characters, so that Witnesses :y

by successively placing the check under the J. B. JOHNSON,

different tongues and forcibly pressing the E. N. GOULDING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by' addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

